Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de l'isle de Saint-Domingue, : avec des figures en taille-douce
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Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de l'isle de Saint-Domingue, : avec des figures en taille-douce
- Publication date
- 1776
- Topics
- Natural history, Botany, Indians of the West Indies, Taino Indians, Taino art, Taino sculpture, Taino pottery, Taino wood-carving, Imprint 1776
- Publisher
- A Paris : Chez Gobreau, libraire, Quai des Augustins, à Saint Jean-Baptiste
- Collection
- jcbhaiti; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana
- Contributor
- John Carter Brown Library
- Item Size
- 905.2M
[2], xxxi, [1], 374, [2] p., 10 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Author given as "le P. Nicolson" in the Approbation on p. 374
Added engraved title page reads: Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de St. Domingue
Colophon reads: De l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Boudet, imprimeur du Roi
Chapter VII, p. 365-371, includes information on Taino Indian fetishes, pottery and wood-carving; plates no. 9 and 10 give pictorial examples
Text primarily in French with Latin botanical names
Signatures: pi1 A-B ²A-Z 2A
Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials
Sabin
Pritzel
Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne
Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound in contemporary full mottled calf
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has plate numbers printed on the right hand side
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled paper boards
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has additional hand-colored plate bound after title page leaf, not mentioned in text; plate numbers printed on the left hand side
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 2: J.D.: labels pasted onto engraved title and title page leaves
Added engraved title page reads: Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de St. Domingue
Colophon reads: De l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Boudet, imprimeur du Roi
Chapter VII, p. 365-371, includes information on Taino Indian fetishes, pottery and wood-carving; plates no. 9 and 10 give pictorial examples
Text primarily in French with Latin botanical names
Signatures: pi1 A-B ²A-Z 2A
Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials
Sabin
Pritzel
Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne
Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound in contemporary full mottled calf
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has plate numbers printed on the right hand side
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled paper boards
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund
John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has additional hand-colored plate bound after title page leaf, not mentioned in text; plate numbers printed on the left hand side
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 2: J.D.: labels pasted onto engraved title and title page leaves
Notes
Copy 1
- Addeddate
- 2011-02-23 16:41:39
- Associated-names
- J. D
- Call number
- b4495557
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- External-identifier
-
urn:oclc:record:1045367266
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- essaisurlhistoir00nico
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t7dr3pf7n
- Lccn
- 06005291
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.37
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL24608870M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL15677336W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 46
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 442
- Ppi
- 400
- References
- Sabin 55259; Pritzel 6695; Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 7087; Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III:2284
- Scandate
- 20110223173748
- Scanner
- scribe1.providence.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- providence
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 238611676
- Year
- 1776
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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